![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Jonathan Haidt: How common threats can make common (political) ground - TED.com
If an asteroid were headed for Earth, we'd all band together and figure out how to stop it, just like in the movies, right? And yet, when faced with major, data-supported, end-of-the-world problems in real life, too often we retreat into partisan shouting and stalemate. Jonathan Haidt shows us a few of the very real asteroids headed our way -- some pet causes of the left wing, some of the right -- and suggests how both wings could work together productively to benefit humanity as a whole.
Keywords: TEDTalks; TED; Talks; global issues; politics; society; TEDSalon NY2012; 2012
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| Adam Davidson: What we learned from teetering on the fiscal cliff - TED.com
It's the end of 2012, and the US political system is tied in knots over next year's "fiscal cliff" -- a budget impasse that can only be solved with bipartisan agreement. (And the world is watching.) Adam Davidson, cohost of "Planet Money," shares surprising data that shows how it might just be solved.
Keywords: TEDTalks; TED; Talks; economics; global issues; politics; TEDSalon NY2012; 2012
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| Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea - TED.com
What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto -- a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume.
Keywords: TEDTalks; TEDSalon NY2012; TED; Talks; business; creativity; media; politics; technology; 2012
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